This is an analysis of the poem With Scindia To Delhi that begins with:
More than a hundred years ago, in a great battle fought near Delhi,
an Indian Prince rode fifty miles after the day was lost... full text
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- Rhyme scheme: abXaa cdXd eXef ghgh iiii fbfb gggg i XifX hghg gjgj gigi fdfd ghgh cgcg hbXb gigi ihXh kikX ffff XXhX lglgXkhkh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11010001001101110 1100111010100111 00101111111010101 101011101111011010 0100101010 01010101110101 11110101110001 11110100010001 11110100110101 11010101010101 0111010110001 11000101010101 11010101010101 11010101010111 01110101011111 11011001110101 11010101111101 01000101011101 11011001110001 11110101011101 01011101110101 111101011100101 11011101010111 11010111110001 11011101110011 01010100110101 01011101010111 010110010111001 11010101010101 010001 110101110010001 11010101011101 101011001110101 110100010101010 10110111010111 11010101010101 01110101110111 10010011010111 1111011111111 01000101110101 11010101110101 11010111011101 1111011010111 01010101110101 11011101010111 11010111011001 11010101011101 01010101111101 11010101110001 11110101110111 101101111110101 11010111111101 01010101111111 01000101110101 11010100110111 01110001110101 11110101110111 1111110110101 11010101111101 11010111010111 11011101110100 111111110100111 11101101011111 11110101110011 0111011110010111 110101111101001 111010111010101 01110111101111 1101110111111000 110101011011110 101111111110111 01010101110101 11010111010101 011101011101110 110111010100101 010101011100111 11110100111101 11011101110101 110111011101010 101101111111110 11011101111101 110111110100100 11010101111111 11011101011001 01010101111101 01110101111111 11010111010101 01010101010111 11011101011101 01010101111101
- Amount of stanzas: 23
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 91
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, to, and, of, he, i, league, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, to, i, league, and, the are repeated.
The author used the same words thrice, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word slain at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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